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After four innings, the outlook was pretty bleak for the Mount Pleasant baseball team.

The Green Knights had committed five errors and trailed St. Georges by six runs. But Mount Pleasant got all of those runs back in the fifth, then pushed another one across in the sixth to rally for a 7-6 road victory on a blustery Wednesday.

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St. Georges's Shane Feehery scores the first run of the game as he beats a throw to Mount Pleasant catcher Mike Forwood as the Hawks jump out to a lead in the second inning of Mount Pleasant's win at St. Georges Technical High School, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. WILLIAM BRETZGER/THE NEWS JOURNAL

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"It was like two different games," Green Knights coach Alex Ogilvie said. "We just tried to keep the energy positive and keep battling. We were hitting the ball hard, they just weren't falling. But we stayed in it, and we had that big inning."

A couple of errors led to the first run for the Hawks (5-3, 2-1 Blue Hen Flight B) in the second inning. St. Georges made it 4-0 in the third, as Charlie Ciafardo lashed an RBI single and two runs scored on an error. Another miscue in the fourth allowed the Hawks to score two more and push the lead to 6-0.

But after earning just one hit in the first four innings, Mount Pleasant (6-0, 4-0) turned it all around in the fifth. Joe Brady was hit by a pitch, and Mike Tate and Ki-Shon Meekins followed with singles to load the bases.

Luca Stanchi beat out an infield single to drive in the Green Knights' first run. Gilbert Peralta was hit by a pitch to score another, and Mike Forwood walked to force in a third run. Then Brett Hillsgrove ripped a two-run double to right, and the tying run scored on an error.

"We just started taking more pitches, starting walking, eating pitches – any way to get on base," Brady said. "Our players knew what to do."

Stanchi walked with one out in the sixth, moved to second on an error and scored the go-ahead run on Forwood's two-out single. The junior catcher shortened his stroke and lined a 1-2 pitch into right field.

"We just needed a hit," Forwood said. "Runner on second, tie game. It was clutch. Get the ball in play, that's all I needed to do."

Meanwhile, Brady came in from center field to pitch the final three innings, holding the Hawks scoreless on two hits. And after struggling early, the Mount Pleasant defense came up big.

Left fielder Noah Miles made a diving catch in the fifth. Brady made a nice play to get the lead runner at second on a bunt in the sixth. And Peralta snagged a sharply hit ball at shortstop and threw to first for the final out of the game.

"I was just anxious and ready to throw," Brady said. "I was warming up out there while we were scoring, and I had nothing in my mind but just throw strikes and let them hit it. I knew I had a magnificent defense behind me."